Montana Rifle Company Junction 308Win Field Evaluation

Update to post #6.


Loaded three different bullets at book max with H4350. Three, ten round groups. 6cm shoots.
 
Starting to like this rifle as an option. Sucks that I'm getting so spoiled carrying around my super light Howa 6ARC. Wish they offered a lighter stock option and 6 creed.
 
Regarding being able to close the bolt over a dropped-in round- why is that advantageous? With my old mausers it's very easy to hold the top round down, close the bolt half way, slide the chamber round back, push down, slide it under the extractor, and close it. It seems that having clearance for the extractor to ride over the rim on closing, means it has the clearance to ride over the rim on opening, and gives opportunity for issue (a far fetched one) for no real world advantage?
 
@Formidilosus

Just a few questions as I follow along on this for my own clarity.

How much of the rifle is original/unaltered at this point?

Changes that you have done to this rifle, what do you consider requirements and others optional now that you have had some time with it? also are these changes going to be considered in manufacturing after you are finished reviewing.

Thanks
 
@Formidilosus

Just a few questions as I follow along on this for my own clarity.

How much of the rifle is original/unaltered at this point?

Action.

The original barrel was cut and threaded. Then the AICS bottom metal. Then the wood RokStok. Now the 6CM barrel.



Changes that you have done to this rifle, what do you consider requirements and others optional now that you have had some time with it?


Other than the action screw bottoming out (which was corrected across all rifles by MRC immediately), and the bolt handle notch (which again was corrected), everything that has been done is optional.

The MRC Junction rifle was not optimized for me, or the general type of people that post on this forum. MRC wanted the action mostly, and rifle in total to be legitimately used hard and to see where it fails, if it failed, so that they could correct it. In addition, they very much wanted to make changes to make a version that is optimized for western backpack hunting and general shooting.



also are these changes going to be considered in manufacturing after you are finished reviewing.

Thanks

Yes. They are and have implemented multiple learned items. Yes, there will be model changes, or additions….

Wouldn’t it be neat if a rifle came in a box that was optimally designed and setup; that every single rifle was assembled and torqued correctly, was tested for feed, function, and reliability with every magazine that came with that individual rifle-and precision was validated with statistically relevant shot groups sizes? Mount a scope and know that the rifle works…..
 
Wouldn’t it be neat if a rifle came in a box that was optimally designed and setup; that every single rifle was assembled and torqued correctly, was tested for feed, function, and reliability with every magazine that came with that individual rifle-and precision was validated with statistically relevant shot groups sizes?……. jus sayin
Thanks, that’s the reason I asked. Happy to hear that
 
Drop round in action, close bolt

All that takes maybe a whole second. If it's a single, click it in the box and close the bolt.

My point is if the whole purpose of all this crf stuff is reliability at all costs, why add room for the extractor to jump the rim just so you can chamber loose rounds instead of the 0.5 seconds it takes to click it into the magazine?

Does this one have a pivoting ejector like the newer model 70's or is it fixed like an old mauser?
 
All that takes maybe a whole second. If it's a single, click it in the box and close the bolt.

My point is if the whole purpose of all this crf stuff is reliability at all costs, why add room for the extractor to jump the rim just so you can chamber loose rounds instead of the 0.5 seconds it takes to click it into the magazine?

Does this one have a pivoting ejector like the newer model 70's or is it fixed like an old mauser?

You aren’t losing reliability in the MRC. It is 100% CRF with full rim engagement- the best of any modern CRF I have seen.
 
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